SustainableCities

Why Cities?

75% global CO2 emissionsattributable to cities

Why Cities?

Toronto: Whitby

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13.0tCO2e per capita

Sprawling distant suburb

VandeWeghe, Jared R and Christopher Kennedy , Journal of Industrial Economy, 11: 2, 2007

Toronto: Etobicoke

6.6tCO2e per capita

Single-family homes near downtown

VandeWeghe, Jared R and Christopher Kennedy , Journal of Industrial Economy, 11: 2, 2007

Toronto: East York

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1.3tCO2e per capita

Dense inner-city neighbor-hood

VandeWeghe, Jared R and Christopher Kennedy , Journal of Industrial Economy, 11: 2, 2007

Source: National Geographic

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Annual road fatalities per 100,000 people

Compact

Compact cities tend to be safer

Sprawl IndexSmart Growth America

WRI and Sustainable Cities

China India Brazil

Energy Transport Water

Blueprinting Demonstration projects Scaling up success

Estimated impacts

Traffic speeds down 34%Biking up 50%Walking up 40%Transit use up 60%Green space up 30%

Aguascalientes

New Land Use Paradigm

Influence

Partnered with INFONAVIT to establish new national model

Redesigned 40,000-person neighborhood plan – safer, more livable, eco-friendly

Land use is the most important factor affecting every aspect of urban mobility and energy use.

TRANSOESTE (BRAZIL)

Rio’s 1st BRTOur Role

Value assurance Operation simulation Road safety audits Project framing Marketing advice

The Impact1.2M daily passengers on entire 4-line systemHigh quality, safeModel for Brazil

PROTRAM

Transformed Transport Financing

PROTRAM

Transformed Transport Financing

Helped establish PROTRAMFinancing criteriaStreamlined processGuided cities

42 city projects evaluated7 financed4 entered construction

1 completed – so far

KPIs

Cumulative Results – 2.1 billion passengers served

– $1.8+ billion leveraged

– 626 million hours saved (39% per trip)

– 1.2 million tons of CO2 reduced

– Research underway:

• Fatalities avoided

• PM reduced